"I'm speechless, it's a dream to even come out and race here - and to do it again, I'm lost for words," Brown said after the race.

The four-year-old horse was the youngest in this year's race.

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'I'M IN SHOCK': LUCKY WINNER SNAGS $1 MILLION

A TAB customer scored the most improbable win of Melbourne Cup day after he turned a $5 punt into seven figures.

The man, who only wanted to be known as Dominic, from Mill Park in Victoria, entered a promotion which saw any TAB account customers who placed a bet on races 1 to 4 at Flemington entered into a draw.

After becoming the lucky customer to have his name drawn, Dominic was asked to pick the winner of the Melbourne Cup. If his selection won, he'd win $1 million.

Dominic selected Rekindling and sat back at home to watch his dream unfold.

"I started the day working so I never could have imagined this," he said. "I was laying on the couch about to have a few bets when I got the call that I won the draw. I was actually home alone so I had to call a few mates who rushed over to watch with me."

Dominic's entered the draw with a $5 each way bet on Land of Plenty in race three, which ran second. He said it was hard to describe his emotions after securing the life-changing haul.

"I was just numb. It's a surreal feeling and I'm still in shock ... I never could have imagined this," he said.

PUNTER LANDS $150,000 FROM $50 BET

Rekindling made a lot of people rich today.

One lucky punter has come away with $151,255 from a $50 boxed trifecta

Another punter with the online bookmaker placed a $33 boxed trifecta for a return of $100,433.